Origi’s only started once, against Bordeaux on Thursday, and while he wasn’t awful, he didn’t do much in the way of convincing anybody he should get a more regular start.

But still, the plan was to start the season with four strikers for all competitions: Benteke, Sturridge, Origi and Ings, and we’re going to need them – especially if Rodgers decides to start using two centre-forwards instead of just the one.

Origi will get more time in the Europa League and the League Cup – and still provides a solid Premier League backup option too.

Loaning him out in January would only make our squad unnecessarily weaker, so we can’t see this story having too much truth in it.